"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the
animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel
nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest
lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
Samuel Adams, (1722-1803)

Monday, March 30, 2015

As Iran talks appear to be coming to a close with a successful
agreement that would both lead to the lifting of international sanctions
and restrictions that would prevent the country from obtaining nuclear
weapons, most in the international community are relieved.Yet
Republicans have teamed up with their counterparts in the Israeli
political system to do everything they can to obstruct a deal – with
tactics such as drafting new sanctions legislation and warning the
Iranian leadership that the nuclear agreement will not outlast President
Obama.But this past week Senator John McCain (R-AZ) ratcheted up
this sabotage to a new level. During a floor speech he gave on March
24th, the senator suggested that Israel “go rogue” and that if they
don't they may not survive the next 22 months of the Obama presidency:

McCAIN: The
Israelis will need to chart their own path of resistance. On the
Iranian nuclear deal, they may have to go rogue. Let's hope their
warnings have not been mere bluffs. Israel survived its first 19 years
without meaningful U.S. patronage. For now, all it has to do is get
through the next 22, admittedly long, months..........................